As the din of commerce abates, may we extend our thanks for your patronage and our best wishes for the holiday season. Like each of its 61 predecessors, this year at White Flower Farm has been filled with the many joys of life in the garden, and we hope we have succeeded in providing some of the same for you. That is our mission.

In the unlikely event that your gift shopping left a stone unturned, we offer the possibility of redemption through the delivery of a White Flower Farm gift certificate. This gift certificate announcement can be delivered by E-mail anytime, even on Christmas morning, with paperwork to follow, and provides unlimited access to our vast offering of plants throughout the year. Because gift certificates so often introduce us to new gardening friends, we are pleased to offer a 10% discount on certificates with a face value of $50 or more. Recipients will, of course, receive all of our seasonal catalogues throughout the next year. Just click here to place your order. Our phone lines will be closed after 1:00 pm on Christmas Eve for reasons we trust will be obvious, but the computers never sleep.

WHAT SPRING MAY BRING

In a matter of days, the spring edition of our catalogue will be mailed and you will find therein an impressive array of new introductions, nearly 200 new varieties from over 75
genera, ranging across annuals,perennials,shrubs, vines, bulbs, houseplants, and vegetables. This list is a unique resource for gardeners and is supplemented by a considerable and constantly changing additional offering to be found at our Web site. If you can't wait another moment, you can
click here to find the electronic version of this book. We support the plant selection with detailed cultural information, timely delivery, and an ironclad guarantee. We very much look forward to serving you whenever the urge strikes.

NEXT YEAR'S GIFTS

As plantsmen, we spend most of our time on the nursery, which means we are a long ways from the mainstream of commerce, especially in the gift category. That said, we enjoy an attractive and creative gift idea as much as the next person, and particularly respect and appreciate the people who conceive and produce them. As we watch this holiday season tick to a close, it occurred to us that you, our widespread network of gardening friends, might very well be acquainted with (or yourself be) local artists, artisans, growers, or other talents who produce first class goods for their local markets but don't have access to a broader audience.

In 60 plus years of growing and importing plants from all over the world, we have developed some competency in serving distant customers with a taste for the unusual. More recently, the internet has made it possible for us to offer high quality items that are made in limited quantities by folks who don't have (nor want) the ability to take orders, process credit cards, or manage UPS loadings. In this context, it seems possible that we might create a few partnerships aimed at offering some of these items to our customers, essentially matching someone else's talent with our marketing and fulfillment ability. If this idea makes any sense, a good first step would be to hear from you about unique gift products you have come across, plus the contact information for their producers. What happens thereafter is necessarily uncertain, but will certainly allow us to meet some interesting and gifted people. Might even be a buck in it.

Please direct your thoughts to APETTINGILL@WHITEFLOWERFARM.COM and many thanks for your help. If we end up working with the resource you recommend, we will do something nice for you. VERY nice.